EverydaY my ceLLphone aLarm beePs at exactLy 7am, the soNg "SANTERIA" (by Sublime, which is my alarm tune these days), keeps on playing & playing ’til I finally get my hands to put it off & go back to sleep. After a while I would feel the heat of the sun on my knees or shoulders signaling me to get my butt moving & sTart my daY. I say my morning praYer then peep thru mY window what’s happening in my suRRoundiNg. Hey iT feels great to see the sun shining brightly & thinking of another beautiful day ahead of me. Each day brings new hope, new experiences, new promises to all of us. On some mornings though, instead of a radiant sunrise, it’s a heavy downpour that awakes me & usually bring me back to sleep ( of course, when it rains all we wanna do is to cuddle up in bed, sleep & snore):p
These past weeks, i’ve got practically nothing IMPORTANT to do, i mean in terms of duties, appointments or tasks. Actually, this is the first time in years as far as I can remember that I have the chance to enjoy or savor the days of doing really nothing. Nothing for me means - no monthly reports to submit, no memos to prepare, no phonecalls to take, no field work, no meetings to keep me busy, no term papers or NCPs to cause me headache, no duties @ Silay & CLMMRH, no emergency calls 1 hour before the time to be at the DR/OR to finish my required scrubs & all those stuff which made me busy & occupied back in high school, college & even graduate studies. It’s like finally getting my much awaited & long overdue vacation leave after months of postponement.
My day is usually spent doing some household chores, paying bills, doing some errands, going to San Carlos, going to the nearby internet cafe, spending time @ my cousins & aunts’ houses to chica2x, reading novels or some Nursing books if i feel like it heheh, in the same way it usually ends with lots of eating, watching tv, listening to music from different genre, writing anything that comes to mind, telebabad with Iris or Manang… then sLeeping beauty is lost in her sleep.:0)
What’s nice is I get to do all these things in the comfort of my town, my home, my room. I’m happy that I get to spend time with my parents & be of help to them in any way after years (since graduating from high school) of being away from home - CEbu to study college & work after then with the change of career path Bacolod to study Nursing then back to Cebu again to review. Going home only on weekends if not too busy, but oftentimes only once a month & spending only some days or a week at most during breaks & holidays. I’m likewise happy that I eat almost every meal with them, see my niece & nephew go to school & thereunto remembering the days when I was their age.
With the plight I am into now, with our Board Exam result still withheld by PRC for almost 2 mos now,(onLy God knows when it’s going to be finally released) makes me appreciate ironically the chance of having to sit back, take a break, ponder on a lot of things & take each day as it comes, allowing God to direct whatever HIs plans for me. I believe that everything has a purpose thus, I am not losing hope that soon there will be an end to the burden that I am carrying now along with my friends & schoolmates from West Negros. We’ve worked so hard & sacrificed a lot to earn our degree & taking the board exam was not a joke. Almost everyday, there’s an update from the school, PRC or CHED stating it will be released this week, next week, but days went by, weeks ended & another month sets in but still NO results. Anyhow, this turn of events has also brought me back home .I get to satisfy myself with the simple & little things I do at home, yet meaningful ‘coz it plays a vital role to my existence.
THe sun rises, the sun sets - it’s a continuous cycle everyday & I never forget to appreciate the beauty & the gift each day briNgs to me. I know as long as the sun shiNes & the rain pours, life would alwaYs be beautifuL. Weeks from now I will embark into another uNderTaking but always, I would be thankful that I get to experience this moment & chance that I have now of being "HOME". Now and always, - iT feeLs great to be hoMe, aGaiN. :0)
